Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-05-24

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pr.s IS ccntlnuad De Castellac
vrs pine for a m oni,;aa
. VIVA upon the crest ~ aa s.qulp-
IN, ' ~ borsc, woman ~. ~
I Sa' naonl alone coveted nona .s ma
rs. wishes Soar above tha ~ 'hese'
ncrus, and the desire Of H. sao common
pared 'o vu;,, star was easy to SATISFY c "nS
r rnrvu WIN that which our mel ION.
awn I've 30 ardently Graves. > noiy
once !, nv - 'tf What is ilp Tell ma :.
ioqisSa a he must tell you himself Il.
,y.ssJa'nas that he pursues or sea,. ~
~ "s s". ~ fairy tales, in the adven, n .ne
genl in the history Of the A Ios, lure
Nonsense, De Cas;ellac ,ho
so,p pts enough; have ONLY desired a. md y
~ .im ~ .ne secret Of invisbiIityn Hu
IN hsisinliityF shouted the conv;vo.
~ breath, .'lnvisibilityr' '''cs
a. :. ~, added De CastelIac ..be NIT.
II u seriously, and seeks in everv " "as,
y. OF drugs, chloroform and So o.l,
i. 70 attain this end. In fact 10 I hn
''e.es that he will attain f. ' ~ 10
More than that mess;a,,
;a eaul. quietly ris ng to Ills feet s ond
bana .he group about the table 81
h hare attained It; the power which !
n ua' SO earnestly and SO lone soro ,pr =
VAN IS mine at last ut ~
:. young men looked at each 9TH
o'' ana then at RaouI with ~.
mock compass on. al air Oh
MAJ! murmered lie C.s.ou.
mad as a March hare! Too '. lilac,
f, ,ruy ,h main turned his brain. But rin~
t tpr .ne waiter. Raoul: YOU are hos
ans evening; Order IN the punch, bowl
th; s ;, ."en tell US what you will do with
s nh pocr't' unmask the evil-doer and
strike at the heart of corrnnt cam nu
nuhity. Not an officer of tba foraa
WI understand better than tbe dnt;as
s %n'Eh - ! nave imposed upon myself, and
Aa sc W Judge jury anu executioner.'
90 much for the good yon will do -
persisted De Castellac. ncllned to Iook
upon MS colleagues vagaries in no
more serious ght than the rest of the
COMPANY; how about the eylp',
Inc evil p repeated Rsoul "4be
evil do not know that shall do snv
eyil. however as it is clear that Won d.
10y oei'evc this power is mine. put it to
. .'.;I, lesl' We me task to perform that
VIII require invisibility for its perform.
ance; a crime if you will, to commit
~ VIII snlt my humor well. for | am
desperate man, deceived, BETRAYED
abandoned for a longer purse by the
woman loved"
"Clotilde y shouted his comrades:
"has Clotildc left YOU"
'Ciotilde has left me,'' with n olance
nall mad, half menacng, land see Won
not Tor yourselves, messieurs. that a
CRIME is the correct task to assign me
"a horrible crime, that hasn't its eoual
In the annals of horrors? Direct me
to murder. to 90 is the house of this
shameless coquette, this woman who
answers to the name OF Clotilde. [ will
reach it like the wind, and like the
wind enter through the keyhole. [ will
ma the chamber where l, I, you
understand, have been accustomed to
lie and langush at her feet. There |
will listen to all she says 10 this other
lover, |. the discarded one, and will
witness
NEW SCENE OF LOVE,
with but the role of actors changed.
She will undoubtedly make to him the
same vows, the same protestations and
oaths of loyalty she made to me, and [
shall not m IS n word. ngle gesture.
The certa nty of speedy vengeance will
calm both nerves and senses, and give
me strength to go to the end
''Then, mcssieurs, if this be the deed
which proves my inyis bility because of
the fearlessness with which undertake
it, then, | say, at the very instant that
her lips approach the lips of that other
one, the man she loves to-day as she
loved me yesterday, with NV knee to
the door. my eyes tixel upon hers,
watching her rs wild beast watches
its prey, will plunge the knife into
the heart that betrayed me. Satisfied
and with vengeance satiated, | shall
not go-I shall wait to reyel in the ter
ror, the agony, the despa of him who
has succeeded 10 my place, and when
the ncighbors rush upon and clamor
for the assassin my soul will fill with
an Internal JOY, for what can he say?
What Can any one say? But that no
one was there save myself; if he was
alone with Clot lde, and the doors
locked and boted. Could vengeance
reach to greater heights than til S?
Nevertheless. | shall still follow him
as he walks between his guard, his
vacuous gaze, his han ing lip,
THE PICTURE OF BEwILDEBMENT
And guilt. will follow him even TO
the prison cell to gloat upon his misery.
and YOU shall know to the smallest de-
tail how he bears himself with n his
dungeon walls. If to the law the proofs
are not strong enough, ] will find and
br NO to it his clothes-the splashes of
blood upon his linen received us | sent
the blade into Clotl DIES breast. en-
largod and dupl' Gated 4 thousand times
over Al tn | can do. my friends:
all this ! will do 10 show YOU that |
ella M no more Than am able to per-
form!"
He is mad" cried De Castellac,
"mad as halter; but ill up Your glass
eS. gentlemen, ill them to the brlm,
drink and then depart. The hour
grows late"
Thirt, minutes later the cabinet of
the MaiSon Doree was deserted TO dark
ness and silence, and Raoul de c. was
mechanically directing his steps to-
ward the house OF the actress CIotude
d.
"The following morning, B. con-
tinued, laying aside the memoranda
and finish ne the story from memory;
"the murder WAS discovered. as related